Chapter 26
Chapter 26
[Blessing of Sex is growing.]
[Your sex skills increase to an abnormal level. The woman held in your arms gains immense pleasure.]
[The favorability of the woman held through sex increases moderately.]
[The condition and abilities of the woman held through sex increase moderately.]
[All physical abilities, including stamina, increase moderately.]
I wasn't particularly interested in the messages floating before my eyes.
Ppiyak-ppiyak-.
Is this how a mother hen feels raising her chicks?
"One, two, three, four. Eun Hee-ju! You need to put more strength into your body. Do you think just following the visible movements is enough?"
"Yes."
I scold her to put some strength into it, but even her answer lacks any energy, Eun Hee-ju.
Still, compared to the first day, she's improved ridiculously.
Now, she can follow most movements right after seeing them once. The details are just a little lacking.
"Hey! Lee Da-young! Are you trying to show off that you're older or what! You're an idol trainee, why is your body so stiff! Are you going to break if someone just taps you?"
"Kyaaaaaaah! Heu-euk! I'll just stretch it, okay! Geu-euk!"
Should I call this basic training, too? Lee Da-young, whose physicals are lacking in many ways, slowly stretches her legs under the trainer's guidance while glaring at me as if she wants to kill me.
'What is this? You said singing and dancing wouldn't be this intense!'
Her eyes say.
I quietly turned my head away.
"Min-seo! Being bright is good, but. You're too bright! You're the only one standing out too much! That's fine when you're dancing alone. But you guys are going to debut as the same team, right? Then you have to match each other to create a picture to some extent!"
"Huk! Understood! I'll loosen up a little."
Just being in the practice room.
Gil Min-seo, whose happiness has reached a lethal dose just by being able to breathe with Eun Hee-ju and Lee Da-young, smiles ceaselessly.
Furthermore, she put too much strength into her body.
"You said you'd loosen up! You said you'd loosen up!"
"Huk! This is me loosened up?"
"Aaaaaack!"
In the end, the trainer screamed first.
Now even the trainer looks at me with resentful eyes.
Eun Hee-ju. Lee Da-young. Gil Min-seo.
The expression on their face asks where I brought such kids from.
"Hahaha."
I laughed softly with a pleased voice.
Then, I quietly scratched my cheek.
'Hmm. It's a mess.'
It's a mess to the point where I wonder how this is possible when I've gathered only kids with crazy talents of S+, SS, and SS+.
Each of their charms was certain.
The problem is that those charms don't blend and melt together.
'I think I just need to find one or two more people. Just one more person who can act as a focal point.'
The youngest, Eun Hee-ju, can absolutely not perform that role.
That was the same for Lee Da-young and Gil Min-seo.
Neither of them is the leader type.
'Well. I'll think about that gradually.'
The important thing is that I've already found three in less than a month.
"Let's take a break now. The trainer seems tired too."
Lee Da-young nods.
"Let's do that. Proper rest increases efficiency."
Eun Hee-ju stares at me blankly.
"I'm fine, though."
Gil Min-seo also nods next to Eun Hee-ju.
"Me too."
Seeing that, I said to Lee Da-young.
"Monitoring and fixing problems is also a skill. It's one of the tasks an idol must accomplish. Da-young-ah. You take them, watch the video we recorded earlier, and point out where the problems are one by one. That's your specialty."
"Got it. Both of you, follow me. You troublemakers."
Eun Hee-ju and Gil Min-seo tilt their heads.
"Why me too?"
"Huk! Was I a troublemaker? Eonni? Hiiing."
Like this, there was a reason I asked the kids to leave for a moment.
'It's about time he came.'
Should I say I can predict it to some extent now?
He's coming.
A person who walks around with "I'm a vicious old fart" written on his forehead, visible even from a kilometer away.
"Hey! Kim Hyun-woo!"
Park Ju-yong, who bursts in roughly as if he's going to break the practice room door, bellows my name.
I'm going to get attached to him at this rate. Fuck.
Yoon Won-seok, who knew the situation to some extent, had seen the scene where I signed the contract with Gil Min-seo.
And information about newly signed trainees is bound to reach Park Ju-yong's ears.
I figured he'd come around this time.
"Ah."
Gil Min-seo, who was about to follow Lee Da-young out, flinches when she makes eye contact with Park Ju-yong right at the door, then turns her head away.
No matter how she is, she couldn't unconditionally smile at the person who called her a heart-cripple and a ticking time bomb.
Furthermore, I see the three chicks looking at me with worried eyes.
"Go on."
I waved my hand nonchalantly.
Park Ju-yong also seems to know that this isn't a sight to show in front of the kids. He waits until the kids leave.
Still, he didn't forget to frown when he saw Gil Min-seo.
Is it okay for an adult to show his emotions like that in front of children?
It's embarrassing as a fellow adult.
Tsk.
"I'm at the point where I'm curious about what kind of bullshit you've come to stir up today."
"What? Bullshit? You son of a bitch!"
Wow. Now even 'dog baby' is coming out.
"Hey! You fuck. You really don't listen to a word people say, do you? You son of a bitch! If someone says something, you should at least pretend to listen. Are you playing games with me right now?"
"Do you cast people as a joke, Team Leader Park? This is a job where you have to take responsibility for a child's life."
Before I knew it, there was no one in the practice room except me and Park Ju-yong.
Everyone had already snuck away.
Am I scared?
Not at all.
"Do you think it's enough to just talk smoothly? You bastard! If you just talk smoothly!"
He keeps poking my chest again.
I roughly swatted away Park Ju-yong's hand and said.
"What's the problem?"
"You're the crazy bastard. Gil Min-seo. You know she has a heart problem. And you bring such a kid in as a trainee? And that group you're preparing. You said you'd debut them quickly. Eun Hee-ju, Lee Da-young, Gil Min-seo. What kind of experience do they have for you to bring them in as trainees and stir up shit!"
"That's not something for you to worry about, Team Leader Park. If someone heard you, they'd think you were actually worried about me?"
"Why would I worry about you, you bastard. What I'm worried about is that you're going to ruin this entire company!"
"Well, someone has already ruined it more than ten times. I haven't ruined anything yet, though?"
Since he can't poke my chest, Park Ju-yong now grabs me by the collar.
Ah.
This suit is an expensive one Hye-eun gifted me.
"You fuck. Do you really have to taste it to know if it's shit or soybean paste?"
"Sorry, but since the kids I brought aren't all shit, I think I'll have to taste it to find out."
Neither of us backed down an inch.
But naturally, the one who felt worse after this exchange was Park Ju-yong.
Whatever it was, from his perspective, it would only look like a young punk challenging him with immature defiance and pride.
I have the temporary title of Team Leader, but since I'm barely using any actual authority of a Team Leader, I was just using it as a business card on the surface.
"Not just Gil Min-seo. What are you going to do if you debut kids like that and a problem occurs? Huh? Do you need a nuclear bomb to go off and irradiate everyone around you before you come to your senses?!"
"I can just take responsibility for everything."
"You son of a bitch! Responsibility is something only people who can handle it take. What kind of responsibility can someone like you take? What power do you have!"
That's the same for you.
Anyone would think Park Ju-yong founded this company, not CEO Cheon Tae-o.
A bastard who at best just put up one pillar.
"Just because you got lucky and caught the CEO's eye at the right time and grabbed a little bit of power. You seem to be completely blinded. Do you think the CEO will just let this slide if he finds out?"
"Whether I'm blinded or not, the results will tell. Are you going to be okay, Team Leader Park? You've been cursing me saying I'll fail like this. If I actually succeed, won't you be too embarrassed to even show your face?"
"You little shit!"
It was then.
"What's going on? It's so noisy I couldn't just pass by."
Wow. Fuck. The timing.
I heard the sound of dress shoes clicking in the practice room and wondered if it was him.
I turned my head and saw CEO Cheon Tae-o, who must have just returned from an outing, looking at us with his tie slightly loosened.
'Look at that presence.'
I think I'm growing explosively in my own way, but what exactly does it take to be a CEO?
CEO Cheon Tae-o's aura was on a different level, to the point where I wondered if he ate different food than me.
I could tell just by how Park Ju-yong, who looked like he would explode if touched, instantly withered.
"CEO. This is really not right. I'm betting everything on this, I guarantee it. If we give this bastard any more chances to run wild, he's going to ruin the whole company. How can I just watch that and stay still?"
Wow. Park Ju-yong, this fucking bastard.
He's not even a kid, and now he's just whining without any pride.
"What's the problem?"
"If the problem is that the kids I brought all have overflowing personalities, then that's the problem."
"It's not just that."
"You're right. It's to the point where it's hard to express in words."
I said confidently.
Because CEO Cheon Tae-o's gaze didn't feel like he was blaming me. It was closer to my side than taking Park Ju-yong's side.
"CEO."
"Speak, Team Leader Kim."
"Whether good or bad, I think that for an entertainer to be hugely successful, they must show a groundbreaking impression and presence to the public. In fact, don't most people who have become world stars possess such charm? There was never an era where you could succeed just by being mediocre."
Park Ju-yong flinched at my words, but when Cheon Tae-o raised his hand, he stopped as if time had frozen.
"It's certainly not wrong. However, extreme choices eventually lead to extreme results. This is from my own experience."
"......."
"In that sense, Team Leader Kim. Can you take responsibility for the words you've uttered?"
The weight is different.
The word 'responsibility' that Park Ju-yong threw at me like he was just yelling, and the weight of the 'responsibility' Cheon Tae-o is asking me about now were distinctly different.
Because if Park Ju-yong was just saying it, I could feel a definite will from Cheon Tae-o that if anything happened, he would make me take responsibility for it no matter what.
Knowing that, Park Ju-yong must be looking at me with a triumphant face.
"Yes. I will take responsibility. No matter what."
"If that's the case, then that's enough. I know Team Leader Park loves and cherishes our company."
Cheon Tae-o said, patting Park Ju-yong's shoulder.
At a glance, it looks like he's defending and encouraging him.
However.
"Still, from now on, I would like you to stop interfering directly with Team Leader Kim. It doesn't look very good. Who would like to see something like this?"
This was a warning.
A warning that if this kind of behavior happens in the company one more time.
No.
Even if he just hears news that something like this happened, he won't let it slide next time.
For me, it's good news.
'Whew. Now this fucking bastard won't have any reason to stir up shit with me directly.'
In a way, it could look like Cheon Tae-o just openly took my side.
'Look at Park Ju-yong's expression.'
[This is a comedy in itself.]
Park Ju-yong, who couldn't show it openly but looked like he was dying of disappointment, had no choice but to bow his head slightly.
"Understood. CEO."
By the way, it's been a while since I've seen him, but why is Cheon Tae-o so generous to me?
"I have high expectations for Team Leader Kim. I'm counting on you."
"Ah. Leave it to me."
"Team Leader Park, let's go have a cup of coffee with me."
"Yes. CEO."
Cheon Tae-o is even taking Team Leader Park away.
As soon as Cheon Tae-o left, Han Hye-eun popped out, as if she had been waiting outside.
"Oppa. Did I do well?"
Huh?